Pump.



Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

2 SHEETSUSHEETI lcm...

PUMP.

APPLICATION mio Dic. 3o. 1913.

C. F. BROWN.

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C. F. BROWN.

PUMP.

APPLICATION mio ofc. 30. 1913.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

2 SHEETS--SHE'T 2.

e 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES F.' BROWN. OF NEW YORK. NfY.. ASSIGNOR T0 UNIVERSAL LIQUID REGISTER COMPANY. OF NEW YORK. N. Y.. AACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PUMP'.

To (I/ lli/mm it may ron/Tlfn.:

Be it vknown that l. ('irviuisl". Buowx.

a citizen ofA the llnited States. lef-aidingr atV A\'ew York. in the countyI of yNew York and State of New \ork. have invented certain new and useful lmprovementi, in Pumps:V

and l herehy declare thatthe following is a full. elear. and exact descriptionV thereof, reference hein;r had to the aeeompan'viingr drawings. whieh form'part of this speei'tiration.

This invention is a novel improvement in pumps particularlyA designed for use in pumpin; r rharjged liquids; and its principal ohjeet vis ltopi-ovide a pump which will he etl'ective in'operation and will not permit the eseape ot gases from the liquid heilig handled.

further olijeet i5 to so consti-nrt the,

pump thatit will not heroine air-hound-` and will not he injured hv` the sudden closing ot' the supply or diseharge pipeS or valves. l f

further ohjeet is to so provide a pump that eau he easily operated inanuallv and the parts of whieh can he easil)y asselnhled.

The invention resides-in the novel ron- .struetion and arrangement Vof parts hereinafter claimed. and in the ae'rouipanyingfr drawings I have illustrated eniihodinients thereof which l will explain in detail.

ln said di'a\vin;:s---l `igure 1 is afront elevation ofthe pump. Fig. 2 is a l ide view 0f Fig'. l. Figi. :l ls a vertirul sert-ion through .the pump r \'li nder. lQhowiiigr theI ports. passages and valves. Fig. -l is a transverse sectional view ou line ler-l. Fig.

'1"looking-dowin Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a Single acting/pump. Fig. t3 vis a `ide View 'of Fig. 5. and. Fig. T isa transverse il section on line -7 i. lug. o looking down.

As shown in Figstl t'o 4. the pump propelmay be formed of a central cylindric portionV by which. the return of Huid through saidY port is prevented. Thisv valve 2 is shown as aball valve, and may beretained in the Specification of Letters Patent.

raue if. port Il can he prevented hv a valve Cl and Parental-Feb.$1916.

Appiicauan ined 'December 3o. i913. serial ne. mam.

port 2* h v a har-or retainer :2f of an)y suitahle kind.- The supply passage 2 romp munir-atea lielow the valve "le with a `hraneh passage il". whieh eommunieates with. a vertieal. passage l in the side wall' of the 6() e'vlinder l. whirh pasxage extends to the top of the cylinder and eoinumnicates with a port Il in the head; which port opena` into the upper end of the evlinder. The port lh-may also he providedwith a rlieek valve of anv suitalile hind. which ma)v he a hall valvel". retained hv a eagle or har 3'.'i and which will prevent return of liquid fromlthe`evlinder through the port Il". The

lhead l is also provided with an outlet port 70 2" whieh eoiiuiiunieates with a vertical passage l" in the side wall of the r'vlinder 1. and said passage l extends up to andA corn# munirates with a pasa-ige Si in the head 3, whirh passage ma) he eonnerted with an 70 outlet pipe l through which the liquid can he direr-ted from the pump to aii'vJsuitahle point ot' diseharfle.' The head Il is provided with an outlet port 3" which eoinmunieates with the passage Ii". lleturn of liquid 80, throughtlie port 2 may he prevented liy 'means of a valve 2i ot' airv Aeuitahle ron-struction. shown as a hall valve in the lower entlf of the passagel lh and retained l'iva har, or

The return ol luluid tlirouirhftlie retained h v a rage or liar il.

.X piston l is, fitted to reeiproea'te within the vlinder l and ma he of airv Suitable; eonstruetion. l`he piston andthe other por- 90 tions of thevpump are preferahlv made of lironze or non-roi'rosivometal. rl`he head.

3 is also provided with an axialopening the paSSage of the piston rod 4". and4 sur` rounding! this opening. on theouterside of n the head. is a stulliireY box l whieh maybe rprovided \\'itli :1f/irland Il of the usual tlvpe.Y As shown in Figffj the piston -l' is provided with apertures in which 'are fitted relief valves 5 that are normally held elosed h v` springs 5"; Said relief valves are arranged to open in'opposite direetions. that is. .one valve 'willopen undei pressure from the' up,- per Side' ofthe pistonand thi` other willl open under pressure from the lower side of 105 the piston. The sprines Fi ai'e made ot" sufficienti strength to luid these val-vea normali closed under the pressure required to expe the liquid from the lc vlinder: and approximately springs 5 hold the valves 5,110

closed with vabout 25% more pressure than is exerted by the piston on the liquid in the cylinder lPither in drawinguliquid into the cylinder or ejectihg it therefrom. The object of these relief valves is to prevent the` danger of excessive shock in case of a sud den closing of the stop cock in either the discharge pipe or the supply plpc. as in sueh case the proper relief valve would Yopen and allow liquid' to flow from one side of the piston to the other.

As the piston rises liquid is drawn into the passage 2 through' a pipe P connected with the supply, and enters 'the cylinder below the piston through the portb; at the same time the liquid above the piston is exv polled through the port 3 into the passage 3: the ports 2 and 3* being meanwhile 'closed bv the valvesZ and 3? respectively. As the piston descends liquid will be drawn into the cylinder above the piston through the passages 2', 2", 1S and portll; and liquid will be expelled from the cylinder below the piston through the port Qhfand passages 1"L land 3C; While the ports 2b and ill-*will be closed by the valves 2e and Strespcctively.

- lf vfor any reason excessive pressure should .be exerted on either side of the piston, due to the closing of the supply or dis charge pipes pf?? with which lthe cylinder ifs" connected, the proper relief valve :iwill open Aand Arelieve such excess' pressure as aboveexplained.

rn order-to'operatfe the piston manually I provide the following devic s-The 'head 3 is preferably.. provided with an arch or bracket 32 in the upper end of which is pro- 'vided an opening for guiding the upper end of the piston-rod 41- To the piston rod 4l abovethe cylinder isattached' a .casting 4f trans'lxed'by a pin 4g to the ends of which are pivotally connected the lower ends of a yoke 6, the. upper end of which yoke is pivotally connected to a crank pin 6 attached to a crank-gear G that is rotatably mounted von a stud til) attached to a frame Gf' -detachably secured to the head Gear 6s meshes with pinion tl cna stub shaft tl journaled in a bearing in the traine oc above the. gear 6?.. Said shaft 6 can be turned by any suit file means, a crank handle being indicated in the drawings. The frameft'* substantially rectangular in form and' is sullieien. width to embrace the `volte lathe gears and the bracket o, yThe lower ends ot the side members of frame 6C stand upon the head il of the cylinder, and beside perforated lugs 3*, thereon: and may be fastened to said lugs by means of screws T that transfix the lugs and engage the lower ends of the traine, Yl thus securely connect the piston op rating devices to the pump cylinder, and at the salue timeenable such operating devices to le iasily detached from the cylinder for the purliose of transportation it desired; or when it necessary to inspect the interior of the cylinder; Y

In operation the shaft il is turned by hand, or by any other suitable means` and pinion il" imparts motion to the crank gwn' (is, and as said gear is rotated the volte 3 is reeiprocated and imparts a like movement to the pistou 4 in the cylinder. In Figs. to 7 l have illustrated a mmlilicatiou of the invention as applied to y a single acting pump. In this constructhm an ordinary cylinder l is closed at top by a head 1l.h and at bottoni by a head 111l which has an inlet 1l .that can be closed by a valve lll; and an outlet 1l" which may be closed I against return of liquid by valve 1U; the

piston 12 is connected to a rod l@ which extends through the. head 11h; this piston may be |'n'ovide l\\'ith a `cup leather 12 that is distended by an annulaihelical springr 12'); by which the leather will always be held in close Contact with the inner wall of theV cylinder. ln this construction the piston rod 12C extends through the upper head il of the cylinder.. which head is provided with an arch or bracket .l1 ,'the upper end ol which guides the upper end of the piston rod. To the pistonrod 12 attached a casting 12f that istra'nslixed by a pin, l2, to the* ends of which pin are pivotally connected the lower ends of a yoke '13, the upper end of which is connected to a crank piu 14 attached to a cranlogear 14 that is rotatably' mounted on a stud lil" attached to a traine '16 secured to the. cylinder. (leur l-l meshes with a pinion 15 on a shaft. l5 journaled in a bearing inthe traine 1G above thegea'r ll. l-laidl shaft lizcan be turned by any suitable means.preferably a crank handle 15 beingvr used, as indicated in the drawings. The frame. 1.6 is substantially rectangnllar in form and of suflcicnt width to embrace the yoke' 13,"the gears; and the bracket 11". The side member-sof this'frame lll stand upon the head 11h of the cylinder and outl side perforated lugs llI on said head. These lugs and the lower ends ofthe side members of the `frame lli are perforated for thc-'pussage of a tie-bolt 17 that securely lustros the frame 16' to the top plate 'il2J ot' ine cylinder,- The lower ends of the side members of the frame 16 are also connected by a bar 16L which fits against the outer side of one of the lugs of the bracket 11 and is fastened thereto by a bolt 1G". I thus have a threepoint attachment of the frame 16 to the top which affords a secure and firm connection of the operating devices to the pump cylinder, and at the same time enables such operating' devices to be easily detached from the cylinder for the purpose of transportation if desired; or when it is necessary to inspect the interior of the cylinder.

In operation the shaft 15 is turned by hand, or any other suitable means, and pinion 15 imparts motion to the crank gear 14; and as gear l1 is rotated the yoke 13 is reciprocated and imparts a like movement to the piston 12 in the cylinder; as thepiston rises in the cylinder tiuid is drawn in from the source of supply throughthe inlet 11L and as the piston descends Huid is discharged from the cylinder through the outlet 11d.

The pump shown in Figs. -T is single actingr and can be effectively used for pumping charged or aereated liquids.

'hat I claim is:

1. In a pump the combination with a cylinder, a bracket attached to one head thereof and adapted to guide the piston rod, a piston in said cylinder, a piston rod extending' through said head and guide-bracket, a frame attached to the piston head beside said bracket and extending above the same,

a crank gear, a yoke connected 'with the piston rod and crank gear, and means for operatingr said crank gear.

2. In a pump the combination of a cylinder provided with inlet and outlet ports, a piston in the cylinder. a piston rod attached to said piston and extendingr through one of the heads, a piston rod guide bracket attached to said head. a frame detachably attached to said head beside said guide bracket, a crank gear journaled in said frame. a yoke pivotally connected to said rod and crank gear. and means for rotating said gear.

3. In a pump. the combination ot' a cylinder provided with heads, and \'al\'ed inlet and outlet ports; a piston in the cylinder, a piston rod' attached to said piston and extending: through one of the heads; a piston rod guide bracket attached to said head, a frame detachably attached to said head at right angles to said guide bracket, a crank fear journalcd in said frame. a voke pirotally connected to said rod and said crank gear, a pinion journaled in the frame and meshing with said gear, and a crank for rotating said pinion.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES l". BROWN.

'itnesses:

A. l). Dicmzasox, J. E. NmKmK. 

